09-26-2012, 02:59 PM | #1 |
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Kindle new/old combo format
I apologise if this has been addressed before but I cannot find anything on it.
I have updated my kindle 3 to the new v3.4 firmware but have family members that have older Kindles. I would like to produce ebooks that can be read on all the devices. I think they are call combo files i.e. I understand that the Kindle reading device would select either the old MOBI or the new AZW depending on what it can understand. Can someone tell me what settings I have to change in Calibre to get the new combo files into one book and also what extension would result? Thank you |
09-27-2012, 05:56 AM | #2 | |
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They'll still be .mobi files. |
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09-27-2012, 08:14 AM | #3 |
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Thank you.
It's so simple when you know how. I did look but I guess I'm having too many senior moments these days. |
09-27-2012, 09:14 AM | #4 | |
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So if you use Calibre's Fetch Annotations, you might want to stick with the old format only. I had to since I use Fetch Annotations a lot. Cheers, |
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09-28-2012, 09:31 AM | #6 | |
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You should have seen/heard me saturday when I discovered mbp file was gone from the book I'd read during the week I was SO scared that I had messed up big time by upgrading to FW 3.4 Did some experiments sunday, and concluded as I described. No one has corrected me so far, so I just could be right. I wonder why I had to try the new combi format Just curious I guess, but ... forgot all about after 1 nights sleep Have a nice weekend, |
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